Package: xorg Version: 1:7.4+3 Severity: normal
The compose key, where one presses a single dead key, then a sequence of characters, has stopped functioning in the 1.6.2 RC versions of X.org The compose key, also called MULTI_KEY allows sequences such as: compose ' e -> e accent ague compose / o -> norse o compose ! ! -> spanish inverted exclaimation point I use xmodmap to set up this key, like so: ! ! This is an `xmodmap' input file for ! Microsoft `Natural' 104 key (XFree86; US) keyboards. [...] keycode 0x6D = Multi_key This happens to set the right control key to be the Multi_key. xkeycaps confirms that this takes effect. However, xev shows that that the received event is for Control_R, not the deadkey as requested. This stopped working without any config changes across an update of X. I do not see any other way to set up the compose key. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages xorg depends on: ii konsole [x-terminal-emulator] 4:4.2.2-1 X terminal emulator for KDE 4 ii libgl1-mesa-dri 7.0.3-7 A free implementation of the OpenG ii libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1] 7.0.3-7 A free implementation of the OpenG ii libglu1-mesa 7.0.3-7 The OpenGL utility library (GLU) hi mrxvt [x-terminal-emulator] 0.5.3-2 lightweight multi-tabbed X termina ii mrxvt-mini [x-terminal-emulat 0.5.3-2 lightweight multi-tabbed X termina ii rxvt [x-terminal-emulator] 1:2.6.4-14 VT102 terminal emulator for the X ii rxvt-unicode [x-terminal-emul 9.06-1 RXVT-like terminal emulator with U ii x11-apps 7.3+4 X applications ii x11-session-utils 7.3+1 X session utilities ii x11-utils 7.4+1 X11 utilities ii x11-xfs-utils 7.4+1 X font server utilities ii x11-xkb-utils 7.4+2 X11 XKB utilities ii x11-xserver-utils 7.4+2 X server utilities ii xauth 1:1.0.3-2 X authentication utility ii xfonts-100dpi 1:1.0.0-4 100 dpi fonts for X ii xfonts-75dpi 1:1.0.0-4 75 dpi fonts for X ii xfonts-base 1:1.0.0-6 standard fonts for X ii xfonts-scalable 1:1.0.0-6 scalable fonts for X ii xfonts-utils 1:7.4+1 X Window System font utility progr ii xinit 1.1.1-1 X server initialisation tool ii xkb-data 1.6-1 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu ii xorg-docs-core 1:1.4-5 Core documentation for the X.org X ii xserver-xorg 1:7.4+1 the X.Org X server ii xterm [x-terminal-emulator] 242-1 X terminal emulator xorg recommends no packages. Versions of packages xorg suggests: ii xorg-docs 1:1.4-5 Miscellaneous documentation for th -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org